The Ramaphosa's cosy Bosasa payout has come back to haunt them in a major way. Now, Mmusi Maimane won't let Cyril Ramaphosa forget a promise.

The fallout from the Bosasa revelations has been a watershed moment for the presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa. Promising a “new dawn” free of corruption in the ANC, the leader himself has been caught up in a highly-dubious transaction.

Andile Ramaphosa, son of Cyril, received an unexplained R500 000 payment from the security facilities company. The DA managed to obtain documents proving that money had exchanged hands, leading the president to make a very humbling statement about the situation.

After practically dodging the question in Parliament last week, President Ramaphosa admitted on Friday that the fee was given to his son so it could go towards Cyril’s bid for ANC leadership back in 2017. He ended up battling it out with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the top position last year.

Opposition parties have been left fuming by this questionable deal, and DA leader Mmusi Maimane isn’t letting him off the hook.

“President Ramaphosa has publicly committed himself to fighting corruption. In reply to my question in Parliament about Bosasa payments to his son, he said he would take his son to the police station himself if there was evidence of corruption. Now he must show how serious his commitment to fighting corruption really is.”

“There can’t be double standards. President Ramaphosa has appointed independent inquiries to investigate corruption elsewhere. Now the same standard must apply to him and his family.”

“He must appoint an independent inquiry to investigate Bosasa’s enormous and likely corrupt influence on the government and the ANC.”

DA make their Bosasa demands

As well as turning his own son over to the authorities, the DA has even more on their wish list when it comes to dealing with the Bosasa scandal.

They are demanding an inquiry into the company’s influence on government, and want to investigate their relationship with the president, as well as the firm’s comprehensive payment history.